Paula Poundstone
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Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio personality known for her sharp, improvisational wit and frequent appearances on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paula Poundstone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12559954 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paula Poundstone Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Paula Poundstone]
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A.
Cheri Oteri
Cheri Oteri is an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1990s, where she created several popular recurring characters.
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B.
Alex Borstein
Alex Borstein is an American actress, comedian, and writer best known for voicing Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy and for her Emmy-winning role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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C.
Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, and writer known for her sketch comedy shows and versatile character work across television, film, and stage.
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D.
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
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E.
Jen Silverman
Jen Silverman is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for darkly comic, genre-blurring works that explore identity, queerness, and the uncanny.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paula Poundstone Target entity description: Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio personality known for her sharp, improvisational wit and frequent appearances on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
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A.
Cheri Oteri
Cheri Oteri is an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1990s, where she created several popular recurring characters.
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B.
Alex Borstein
Alex Borstein is an American actress, comedian, and writer best known for voicing Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy and for her Emmy-winning role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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C.
Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, and writer known for her sketch comedy shows and versatile character work across television, film, and stage.
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D.
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
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E.
Jen Silverman
Jen Silverman is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for darkly comic, genre-blurring works that explore identity, queerness, and the uncanny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.